Warriors Vanquish Lakers, 114-110

Published 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Antawn Jamison scored 30 points and Earl Boykins had five of his 16 points in the final 38 seconds as the Golden State Warriors held on for a 114-110 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.

After getting charged with a turnover, missing a shot and then committing a three-shot foul against Derek Fisher, Boykins hit an 8-foot turnaround jumper for a 109-105 lead with 38 seconds remaining.

Devean George scored for the Lakers, but the 5-foot-5 Boykins drove the lane, looped in a shot, was fouled and made the free throw for a 112-107 edge with 9.7 seconds left.

Kobe Bryant hit a 3-pointer with 7.1 seconds remaining to pull Los Angeles to 112-110, but the Lakers had to foul and Jason Richardson made two free throws for the final margin.

Richardson added 17 points for Golden State, which won for the ninth time in 14 games and pulled within one game of the Lakers for fourth place in the Pacific Division.

Shaquille O'Neal had 28 points and nine rebounds and Fisher had 24. Bryant, who missed practice this week because of tendinitis in his right knee, scored 23 _ but just five after halftime.

Fisher missed two of the three free throws after Boykins fouled him beyond the arc, leaving the Lakers down 107-103 with 1:10 remaining. Bryant narrowed it to 107-105 with a reverse layup with 48 seconds left, but then Boykins made his turnaround to build the lead back to four points.

The third quarter, like the first half, was close all the way, with Jamison scoring 12 in the period as Golden State led 86-84 heading into the fourth. O'Neal had 10 points in the quarter, but Bryant missed his only two shots and did not score.

In the first half, Bryant had 18 points and O'Neal 16 to help the Lakers to a 62-58 halftime lead.

Bryant sat out practice on Tuesday and missed the morning shootaround on Wednesday.

Bryant had 13 points and O'Neal 10 in the first quarter. In a sign of things to come, the lead changed hands nine times during the first 12 minutes, and it was tied seven times.

Notes:@ The Lakers beat the Warriors in overtime on Nov. 15 while O'Neal was still out following toe surgery, then Golden State downed Los Angeles 106-102 at Oakland on Dec. 10 with O'Neal in the lineup. He had 36 points in that loss. … With O'Neal shooting 61 percent from the line this season, Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson noted that he's no longer asked about the center's free throw shooting. "It's a nice thing to not have to talk about it," Jackson said.